Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal, was felicitated at a function organised to mark Hindi Diwas on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof BK Kuthiala was felicitated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University with shawl, Shreephal and citation for his remarkable contribution to the field of journalism and mass communication in Hindi language.
The awards were presented at the hands of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta and Culture Minister Surendra Patwa.
The journalism university has been doing several works in the field of Journalism and Mass Communication in Hindi language. The university has developed first open-source spell check software in Hindi named, ‘Mala Shabd Sanshodhak’.
The software helps in correcting the spelling-error while typing in Hindi on computers. This software has been released as open-source software. The name of software i.e. ‘Mala Shabd Sanshodhak’ is an acronym of ‘Makhanlal Chaturvedi Hindi Shabd Shanshodhak’.
The university has engaged experts in writing books on media and mass communication. The university has started the exercise taking into account the dearth of books focused on media and mass communication in Hindi. As a part of this initiative, five text books have been published by the university so far. The research journal of the university is published in English as well as in Hindi. A quarterly magazine titled, ‘Media Navchintan’ based on contemporary issues in media is also published by the university in Hindi. Applauding all these works carried out by the university in Hindi, Prof. Brij Kishore Kuthiala has been felicitated on the occasion of
Hindi Diwas.